The Supreme Court has affirmed Colonel Kefas Agbu (retd) as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Taraba State for the March 11 governorship election. A five-man panel of justices delivered Friday upholds the decision of an appeal court sitting in Yola, Adamawa state that dismissed two different suits challenging the eligibility […]
The Supreme Court has affirmed Colonel Kefas Agbu as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Taraba State for the March 11 governorship election. A five-man panel of justices delivered Friday upholds the decision of an appeal court sitting in Yola, Adamawa state that dismissed two different suits challenging the eligibility…
A five-man panel of justices delivered Friday upholds the decision of an appeal court sitting in Yola, Adamawa state that dismissed two different suits challenging the eligibility of Kefas Agbu to contest the governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Taraba state. In a judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the Apex Court stated that the appellants acted in breach of Section 84 and 87 of the Electoral Act by failing to make use of the primary election dispute mechanism as contained in the party’s guidelines.
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